 with two homers and three doubles in the set, driving in at least one run in all four games.The A's went 8-2 on their three-city road trip, the first time they had won eight times on a single swing since going 10-0 on a trip to Cleveland, Detroit and Kansas City as part of their 20-game winning streak in 2002. Oakland has won 10 of 12 overall.Detroit lost its ninth straight, matching a streak from September. The Tigers haven't lost 10 in a row since their 119-loss season in 2003.Manaea (8-6) won his third straight start, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk. Three relievers finished, with Blake Treinen pitching the ninth for his 20th save, including 17 in a row.Michael Fulmer (3-7) gave four runs and nine hits. He is 1-3 in his past six starts.The Tigers took the lead in the first inning on Nicholas Castellanos's two-run homer, extending his extra-base streak to five games.Marcus Semien and Chad Pinder started the second with singles, and Mark Canha made it 2-1 with a bloop single. Lowrie followed with his eighth hit of the series, a tying single, and Khris Davis gave the A's a 3-2 lead with the fifth single in six batters.Pinder's RBI double made it 4-2 in the fourth.The Tigers loaded the bases with three two-out singles in the sixth, but Manaea struck out Niko Goodrum to end the inning.UTTER DOMINANCEThe A's have won their last nine games against Detroit, their longest streak against the Tigers since Lefty Grove and Jimmie Foxx led the Philadelphia Athletics to 10 straight wins over Detroit in 1931.TRAINER'S ROOMAthletics: 3B Matt Chapman could play a couple rehab games before returning from a hand injury. Chapman had a cortisone shot on Monday and was hoping to swing a bat on Thursday or Friday.Tigers: LHP Daniel Stumpf (ulnar nerve) remains in Triple-A Toledo on a rehab assignment. Stumpf is Detroit's only left-handed reliever.UP NEXTA's: Return home after their 10-game road trip to face the Cleveland Indians. Paul Blackburn (1-2, 8.83) pitches Friday's opener against Trevor Bauer (7-5, 2.44).Tigers: Travel to Toronto for a four-game series against the Blue Jays. Francisco Liriano (3-3, 3.94) faces Marcus Stroman (0-5, 6.80) on Friday.)
TICKETSTICKETSA's go for 4-game sweep of Tigers 3h ago• 2 min read The bottom line does not tell the story of Michael Fulmer's last start.The Detroit Tigers right-hander overpowered the Cincinnati Reds for 5 2/3 innings on June 20, holding them scoreless while striking out nine.Fulmer then gave up back-to-back homers on what he felt were well-located sliders. Scooter Gennett, who badly missed a Fulmer slider earlier in the at-bat, golfed a two-run shot over the right-field wall. Eugenio Suarez followed with a blast over the left-field wall.Fulmer wound up with his sixth loss of the season.He'll hope for some better luck in a Thursday matinee against the Oakland Athletics.The Tigers will be trying to break an eight-game losing streak after dropping the first three games of the series while Oakland will attempt to get its first four-game sweep of Detroit since 2001."Last start, everything was kind of on cruise control and then Gennett hit a good pitch out," Fulmer said. "But people don't see the pitch, they see the results. They look at the linescore and that's it."They don't see that my fastball velo is up, my sinker's moving more, my slider has been a lot sharper as of late," Fulmer continued. "That's the problem from a player's standpoint and a spectator's standpoint. 'Oh, he gave up two home runs in one inning last start, it wasn't a very good start.' Don't worry about the other five innings where I did really well. Sometimes, people don't think just to give the hitters credit." Fulmer (3-6, 4.17 ERA) limited Minnesota and Cleveland to one run in seven innings in each of his previous two outings. He's throwing as hard as ever, with his four-seamer and sinker averaging over 97 mph this month.Other than his changeup being a little faster than he'd like, Fulmer believes he's in top form."I'm not frustrated with the way I pitched or my stuff," said Fulmer, who is 2-0 with an 0.57 ERA in two career starts against Oakland. "I'm frustrated with the results and that's the way it's kind of been for me so far this season. I'm still very positive. I still trust everything, I feel like we're very close to being dominant for a full game." The Tigers could certainly use one of those outings.Left-hander Sean Manaea (7-6, 3.40 ERA) will oppose Fulmer after having his scheduled start pushed back a day. He has delivered three consecutive quality starts following a rough patch in May. Manaea allowed four or more earned runs in five of his six May starts but he's held opponents to a combined six runs in his last three outings."I was trying to be too perfect and it was causing me to overthink things," he said. "Now, I'm trying to keep things simple." Manaea has walked just one batter in those three starts while collecting 17 strikeouts. He held the Chicago White Sox to one run on five hits in seven innings during his last start. He lost his only career start against Detroit while giving up three runs in six innings.Oakland's streak of hitting a homer in 27 consecutive road games, a major league record, ended on Wednesday but it still came away with a 3-0 victory. Jed Lowrie has seven hits in the series, including two homers and two doubles.
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